PEACE WAPITI ACADEMY

Location: Grande Prairie, AB
Project budget: n/a
Completion: Oct 2014

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Group2 @ CEFPI in Portland

03 Oct 2014 / posted by Saskatoon Studio

Principals, Laura Plosz and Craig Webber are presenting at the CEFPI Annual Conference in Portland, OR on Saturday October 4th. The workshop is titled 'Empowering Educational Transformation with Lean' and will illustrate the use of the Lean process ...[ CONTINUE READING ]

Principals, Laura Plosz and Craig Webber are presenting at the CEFPI Annual Conference in Portland, OR on Saturday October 4th. The workshop is titled 'Empowering Educational Transformation with Lean' and will illustrate the use of the Lean process to empower educational transformation. Lean has been widely adopted in the healthcare sector and in the Province of Saskatchewan it is now being applied to the educational sector as part of the Saskatchewan School Bundle project. The link below is to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education website complete with videos of Lean processes including clips of the various participants discussing the events during the 5 day Lean event held for the Saskatchewan school bundle. [ CLOSE ]

Her presentation was titled ‘Early Childhood Learning in Multi Use Facilities’ and focused on the impact and importance of Early Learning spaces in community facilities. Early Childhood Learning Spaces strengthen Multi Use Facilities by opening up opportunities to support and nurture families and communities in a holistic manner, creating places that are inclusive and welcoming to everyone and promoting a safe and caring community. Specific considerations were explored through case study Multi Use Facility examples that successfully incorporated Early Learning Spaces. A number of these considerations include making the entire facility appropriate for children, being mindful of security that is welcoming but controlled, creating opportunities for shared space, maximizing usage of space over 24 hours, creating access to a wider variety of outdoor play environments and incorporating supplementary childhood services. Whether in small rural communities or larger centres, Early Learning Environments in Multi Use Facilities can have the same substantial impact. [ CLOSE ]